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<p>In march of 2001, telemarker ben dolenc (doe-lence) was about to begin his run in the slopestyle competition at the U.S. Telemarking Association's freeskiing championships in Crested Butte, Colorado, when he noticed something odd.</p>
<p>"I was the oldest one competing," says Dolenc. "And I was 24."</p>
<p>That's a major shift from the makeup of the sport of telemarking 10 years ago, when participants were more middle age than young punk. But this is a different telemark universe, and Dolenc is one of the sport's brightest young stars. As a sponsored Nike ACG athlete, Dolenc may be the only free-heeler in America who actually gets paid to tele. Not just free skis or pro-deal tele boots, but cash-an unheard-of sponsorship commodity in the ski world. But Dolenc earns his keep.</p>
<p>"We had a program up in Seattle a couple weeks ago, and Ben stayed for over an hour afterward signing posters for every single kid," says Nike ACG communications manager Nate Tobecksen. "He's into elevating not just his name or our brand but the sport itself."</p>
<p>Dolenc moved to Leadville, Colorado, in 1998 and spent two seasons patrolling for Copper Mountain. It was within Copper's burgeoning pipe-and-park scene that he flourished, becoming one of the first telemarkers to hit the pipe consistently. By the following year, he was the sole free-heeler on Copper's freestyle team. And before long, the filmmakers were calling.</p>
<p>"One of Ben's biggest strengths," says Josh "Bones" Murphy, producer of the Unparalleled series of telemarking movies (Dolenc has been featured in all three), "is that he's balanced. He may not be as strong a big-mountain rider as BJ Brewer or as strong in the pipe as Max Mancini, but he does all of it well."</p>
<p>Dolenc's creativity extends beyond freestyle ski moves. He is currently studying graphic design at The School for Visual Concepts in Seattle. "I love doing anything that involves new ideas and concepts," he says. "Besides, you've gotta have some plan for when your body starts falling apart."</p>
<p><b>Free-heel Future</b><br /><font color="red">Born:</font> February 18, 1977, Boulder, Colorado<br /><font color="red">Big-Mountain Plans:</font> Dolenc spent most of the past year competing in freestyle events before heading to Bella Coola for the filming of this year's Unparalleled production: Soul Slide. Influenced by Seth Morrison, Dolenc says he'd like to do more big-mountain freeriding because "that's where the sport is headed."<br /> <font color="red">"Here's a story...":</font> "Ben knows how he'd like to be filmed, but he also knows what's important, overall, for storytelling," says Warren Miller cinematographer Chris Patterson, who followed Dolenc around Europe last season. "Plus he's got a great loud laugh, even when he's laughing at himself."<br /> <font color="red">Recovering Snowboarder:</font> Unlike many top telemarkers, Dolenc doesn't have an alpine skiing background. He started cross-country skiing when he was three, and he snowboarded for seven years before taking up tele.</p>
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Dolenc, launching himself-and the sport-to the next level.
http://www.skinet.com/skiing/Face Shots<p>In march of 2001, telemarker ben dolenc (doe-lence) was about to begin his run in the slopestyle competition at the U.S. Telemarking Association's freeskiing championships in Crested Butte, Colorado, when he noticed something odd.</p>
<p>"I was the oldest one competing," says Dolenc. "And I was 24."</p>
<p>That's a major shift from the makeup of the sport of telemarking 10 years ago, when participants were more middle age than young punk. But this is a different telemark universe, and Dolenc is one of the sport's brightest young stars. As a sponsored Nike ACG athlete, Dolenc may be the only free-heeler in America who actually gets paid to tele. Not just free skis or pro-deal tele boots, but cash-an unheard-of sponsorship commodity in the ski world. But Dolenc earns his keep.</p>
<p>"We had a program up in Seattle a couple weeks ago, and Ben stayed for over an hour afterward signing posters for every single kid," says Nike ACG communications manager Nate Tobecksen. "He's into elevating not just his name or our brand but the sport itself."</p>
<p>Dolenc moved to Leadville, Colorado, in 1998 and spent two seasons patrolling for Copper Mountain. It was within Copper's burgeoning pipe-and-park scene that he flourished, becoming one of the first telemarkers to hit the pipe consistently. By the following year, he was the sole free-heeler on Copper's freestyle team. And before long, the filmmakers were calling.</p>
<p>"One of Ben's biggest strengths," says Josh "Bones" Murphy, producer of the Unparalleled series of telemarking movies (Dolenc has been featured in all three), "is that he's balanced. He may not be as strong a big-mountain rider as BJ Brewer or as strong in the pipe as Max Mancini, but he does all of it well."</p>
<p>Dolenc's creativity extends beyond freestyle ski moves. He is currently studying graphic design at The School for Visual Concepts in Seattle. "I love doing anything that involves new ideas and concepts," he says. "Besides, you've gotta have some plan for when your body starts falling apart."</p>
<p><b>Free-heel Future</b><br /><font color="red">Born:</font> February 18, 1977, Boulder, Colorado<br /><font color="red">Big-Mountain Plans:</font> Dolenc spent most of the past year competing in freestyle events before heading to Bella Coola for the filming of this year's Unparalleled production: Soul Slide. Influenced by Seth Morrison, Dolenc says he'd like to do more big-mountain freeriding because "that's where the sport is headed."<br /> <font color="red">"Here's a story...":</font> "Ben knows how he'd like to be filmed, but he also knows what's important, overall, for storytelling," says Warren Miller cinematographer Chris Patterson, who followed Dolenc around Europe last season. "Plus he's got a great loud laugh, even when he's laughing at himself."<br /> <font color="red">Recovering Snowboarder:</font> Unlike many top telemarkers, Dolenc doesn't have an alpine skiing background. He started cross-country skiing when he was three, and he snowboarded for seven years before taking up tele.</p>
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articleWed, 22 Jan 2003 09:20:00 +0000SkiNet Editor11447 at http://www.skinet.com/skiingFrom the SKIING Tickerhttp://www.skinet.com/skiing/golden-ticket/2001/01/from-the-skiing-ticker?lnk=rss&loc=free-skis
<p>> To commemorate its 50th anniversary, <font color=red><b>Sugarloaf USA</b></font> has begun giving away 50 Sugarloaf Golden Tickets. Each winning ticket leads to a prize ranging from free skis to a season pass to a surprise grand prize being given away with Golden Ticket number 50. You must register at <a href="http://www.sugarloaf.com" title="www.sugarloaf.com">www.sugarloaf.com</a> to be eligible to win. </p><P>> How to beat the high cost of daily lift tickets: <font color=red><b>Mount Snow's</b></font> Midweek Madness Card, $99 through the end of the season, allows the bearer to purchase $27.50 daily nonholiday midweek tickets. </p><P>> A bit of Eastern trivia... Which Eastern ski area was the first to permit snowboarding? Ready for this? <font color=red><b>Cannon Mountain.</b></font></p>
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articleSat, 13 Jan 2001 19:10:00 +0000SkiNet Editor12909 at http://www.skinet.com/skiingI Rule!http://www.skinet.com/skiing/resorts/east-coast/vermont/2000/01/i-rule?lnk=rss&loc=free-skis
<p>I want to be the King of Skiing. I want to be the sovereign of snow sliding, the grand poobah of powder. I want to be Les Otten on steroids. And before you go getting all Thomas Jefferson on me, let me point out that democracy hasn't done all that much for the sport so far: You remember neon, don't you?</p><P>Now, I realize life as slope supremo won't be all hot tubs and powder mornings -- uneasy skis the head that wears a crown-but I know I'm up to the job. And I will be a benevolent despot: The reign of Allen the Great will be known for more than scoring free skis, usurping parking spots, and cutting lift lines. No, I will change the sport, and change it for the better. Consider this my platform, my manifesto -- 51 modest proposals for dragging skiing, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century, subject, of course, to change without notice. </p><P><b>1.</b> Issue one get-out-of-jail-free-with-the-ski-patrol card with every season pass.<br /><b>2.</b> Change the eligibility requirements of the 70+ ski club to dog years, but only for those willing to bark in public. <br /><b>3.</b> Place Mad River Glen on the National Register of Historic Places. <br /><b>4.</b> Ban stretch pants for guys. <br /><b>5.</b> Ban stretch pants for girls...with the possible exception of Cindy Crawford. <br /><b>6.</b> Make heli-ski operators provide need-based scholarships. <br /><b>7.</b> Assign four NASA rocket scientists to design a binding that actually prevents blown ACLs. <br /><b>8.</b> Put Dr. Richard Steadman on every skier's HMO, just in case. <br /><b>9.</b> Make ski thievery, pole thievery, and my-seat-in-the-cafeteria thievery punishable by life in prison or a week of continuous Living Single reruns. <br /><b>10.</b> Prohibit any knucklehead who ducks a rope from suing the ski area that put it there. <br /><b>11.</b> Open the millennial Cannes Film Festival with a special screening of Ski Lift to Death. <br /><b>12.</b> Teach avalanche awareness in elementary school, right after sex education. <br /><b>13.</b> Do whatever it takes to give skiing its own Tiger Woods. <br /><b>14.</b> Make every snowboarder try skiing for a week. <br /><b>15.</b> Make every skier try snowboarding for a week. <br /><b>16.</b> Make Jeremy Nobis try skiboarding for a week. <br /><b>17.</b> Inaugurate a Concorde route from New York to Jackson Hole. <br /><b>18.</b> Declare Los Lobos' "High Places" the official song of skiing. <br /><b>19.</b> Issue orthotics at birth. <br /><b>20.</b> Make ski football an exhibition sport in the next Winter Olympics. <br /><b>21.</b> Prohibit everyone except ski-area employees from wearing hats, shirts, or jackets bearing the name of a resort. <br /><b>22.</b> Make an IOU an acceptable form of payment for a lift ticket. <br /><b>23.</b> Declare a tequila shot with a Gatorade chaser the official drink of skiing and name it the Rehydrator. <br /><b>24.</b> Put a humidifier in every ski-resort hotel room. <br /><b>25.</b> Start skiing's own Boxing Day tradition: On December 26, lift ops run the show, and resort CEOs bus trays in the cafeteria. <br /><b>26.</b> Ban Oprah Winfrey, Christie Brinkley, and every member of the British royal family from every ski area, everywhere. <br /><b>27.</b> Carve Phil Mahre's face on Mount Rushmore, right next to George Washington. <br /><b>28.</b> Carve Steve Mahre's face on Mount Rushmore, right next to Abraham Lincoln. <br /><b>29.</b> Let Seth Morrison huck himself off Steve's nose. <br /><b>30.</b> Expand the scope of due process to include ski-area cafeterias: If you can't make a positive ID, it's free. <br /><b>31.</b> Let everyone drive a groomer at least once. <br /><b>32.</b> Let everyone steal the distributor cap off a groomer at least once. <br /><b>33.</b> Install a "Skis Only" lane in New York State Thruway tollbooths. <br /><b>34.</b> Declare duct tape the eighth wonder of the modern world. <br /><b>35.</b> Make airlines install overhead compartments big enough to fit not only a boot bag, but also a ski bag filled with skis, poles, and your ski buddy who couldn't afford the airfare. <br /><b>36.</b> Institute a liberal, but strictly enforced, body-fat cutoff for admission to hot tubs. <br /><b>37.</b> Ban the wearing of fur on ski slopes-except for avalanche dogs. <br /><b>38.</b> Make winter driving a requirement for getting a license, just like parallel parking. <br /><b>39.</b> Confiscate all headbands. <br /><b>40.</b> Lobby hard, when the time comes, for Pope Alberto I. <br /><b>41.</b> Install turnstiles at the top of the hill on powder days. <br /><b>42.</b> Require all skiers to tune their own skis at least once. <br /><b>43.</b> Acknowledge publicly that yodelers are just as annoying as mimes. <br /><b>44.</b> Reserve every fourth car on every gondola for couples only, complete with tinted windows, sheepskin seat covers, and piped-in Barry White. <br /><b>45.</b> Make ski racers wear colors that are found in nature. <br /><b>46.</b> Put a ski area in Antarctica. <br /><b>47.</b> Put a ski area in Central Park. <br /><b>48.</b> Bring back wineskins. <br /><b>49.</b> Outlaw cell phones on the slopes...except for calling in sick on powder days. <br /><b>50.</b> Encourage everyone to ski more and kvetch less. <br /><b>51.</b> Pull the ticket of everyone who doesn't.</p>
http://www.skinet.com/skiing/resorts/east-coast/vermont/2000/01/i-rule#commentsavalanchefree skismad river glenski clubski liftski operatorsski patrolVermontskiing11554http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/skinetimages/mtnpub/content/images/old/standard/01/06/skg0100IRaM.jpg46001I Rulehttp://www.skinet.com/skiing/Features<p>I want to be the King of Skiing. I want to be the sovereign of snow sliding, the grand poobah of powder. I want to be Les Otten on steroids. And before you go getting all Thomas Jefferson on me, let me point out that democracy hasn't done all that much for the sport so far: You remember neon, don't you?</p><P>Now, I realize life as slope supremo won't be all hot tubs and powder mornings -- uneasy skis the head that wears a crown-but I know I'm up to the job. And I will be a benevolent despot: The reign of Allen the Great will be known for more than scoring free skis, usurping parking spots, and cutting lift lines. No, I will change the sport, and change it for the better. Consider this my platform, my manifesto -- 51 modest proposals for dragging skiing, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century, subject, of course, to change without notice. </p><P><b>1.</b> Issue one get-out-of-jail-free-with-the-ski-patrol card with every season pass.<br /><b>2.</b> Change the eligibility requirements of the 70+ ski club to dog years, but only for those willing to bark in public. <br /><b>3.</b> Place Mad River Glen on the National Register of Historic Places. <br /><b>4.</b> Ban stretch pants for guys. <br /><b>5.</b> Ban stretch pants for girls...with the possible exception of Cindy Crawford. <br /><b>6.</b> Make heli-ski operators provide need-based scholarships. <br /><b>7.</b> Assign four NASA rocket scientists to design a binding that actually prevents blown ACLs. <br /><b>8.</b> Put Dr. Richard Steadman on every skier's HMO, just in case. <br /><b>9.</b> Make ski thievery, pole thievery, and my-seat-in-the-cafeteria thievery punishable by life in prison or a week of continuous Living Single reruns. <br /><b>10.</b> Prohibit any knucklehead who ducks a rope from suing the ski area that put it there. <br /><b>11.</b> Open the millennial Cannes Film Festival with a special screening of Ski Lift to Death. <br /><b>12.</b> Teach avalanche awareness in elementary school, right after sex education. <br /><b>13.</b> Do whatever it takes to give skiing its own Tiger Woods. <br /><b>14.</b> Make every snowboarder try skiing for a week. <br /><b>15.</b> Make every skier try snowboarding for a week. <br /><b>16.</b> Make Jeremy Nobis try skiboarding for a week. <br /><b>17.</b> Inaugurate a Concorde route from New York to Jackson Hole. <br /><b>18.</b> Declare Los Lobos' "High Places" the official song of skiing. <br /><b>19.</b> Issue orthotics at birth. <br /><b>20.</b> Make ski football an exhibition sport in the next Winter Olympics. <br /><b>21.</b> Prohibit everyone except ski-area employees from wearing hats, shirts, or jackets bearing the name of a resort. <br /><b>22.</b> Make an IOU an acceptable form of payment for a lift ticket. <br /><b>23.</b> Declare a tequila shot with a Gatorade chaser the official drink of skiing and name it the Rehydrator. <br /><b>24.</b> Put a humidifier in every ski-resort hotel room. <br /><b>25.</b> Start skiing's own Boxing Day tradition: On December 26, lift ops run the show, and resort CEOs bus trays in the cafeteria. <br /><b>26.</b> Ban Oprah Winfrey, Christie Brinkley, and every member of the British royal family from every ski area, everywhere. <br /><b>27.</b> Carve Phil Mahre's face on Mount Rushmore, right next to George Washington. <br /><b>28.</b> Carve Steve Mahre's face on Mount Rushmore, right next to Abraham Lincoln. <br /><b>29.</b> Let Seth Morrison huck himself off Steve's nose. <br /><b>30.</b> Expand the scope of due process to include ski-area cafeterias: If you can't make a positive ID, it's free. <br /><b>31.</b> Let everyone drive a groomer at least once. <br /><b>32.</b> Let everyone steal the distributor cap off a groomer at least once. <br /><b>33.</b> Install a "Skis Only" lane in New York State Thruway tollbooths. <br /><b>34.</b> Declare duct tape the eighth wonder of the modern world. <br /><b>35.</b> Make airlines install overhead compartments big enough to fit not only a boot bag, but also a ski bag filled with skis, poles, and your ski buddy who couldn't afford the airfare. <br /><b>36.</b> Institute a liberal, but strictly enforced, body-fat cutoff for admission to hot tubs. <br /><b>37.</b> Ban the wearing of fur on ski slopes-except for avalanche dogs. <br /><b>38.</b> Make winter driving a requirement for getting a license, just like parallel parking. <br /><b>39.</b> Confiscate all headbands. <br /><b>40.</b> Lobby hard, when the time comes, for Pope Alberto I. <br /><b>41.</b> Install turnstiles at the top of the hill on powder days. <br /><b>42.</b> Require all skiers to tune their own skis at least once. <br /><b>43.</b> Acknowledge publicly that yodelers are just as annoying as mimes. <br /><b>44.</b> Reserve every fourth car on every gondola for couples only, complete with tinted windows, sheepskin seat covers, and piped-in Barry White. <br /><b>45.</b> Make ski racers wear colors that are found in nature. <br /><b>46.</b> Put a ski area in Antarctica. <br /><b>47.</b> Put a ski area in Central Park. <br /><b>48.</b> Bring back wineskins. <br /><b>49.</b> Outlaw cell phones on the slopes...except for calling in sick on powder days. <br /><b>50.</b> Encourage everyone to ski more and kvetch less. <br /><b>51.</b> Pull the ticket of everyone who doesn't.</p>
articleWed, 12 Jan 2000 18:58:00 +0000SkiNet Editor11554 at http://www.skinet.com/skiing